Personal projects,life stories,and happiness: On being true to traits |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Peking University HSBC Business School (PHBS), Shenzhen, China;2. Department of Marketing, University of Iowa, Iowa, IA, USA;1. Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, PR China;2. Guangxi University and College Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Applied Psychology, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, PR China;3. Ethnic Education Development Research Center of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guilin, PR China;4. Neijiang Normal University, Neijiang, PR China;5. School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia;6. Faculty of Psychology, MOE Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Southwest University, Chongqing, PR China |
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| Abstract: | In three studies (Ns between 125 and 176), happiness in life was the highest for undergraduates whose personal goals and life-story identities were supported by thematically consistent personality traits. In Study 1, happiness was highest among participants who were pursuing highly social goals that were supported by sociable traits. This relation between trait–goal consistency and happiness was partially mediated by perceptions of goal manageability. In Study 2, happiness was highest among participants who had highly social life-story identities that were supported by sociable traits. Study 3 replicated the main results of Studies 1 and 2 and also found a significant relation between the extent to which participants’ goals and life-story identities were social in theme. |
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